The Washington critic., 1887-12-22
HOW THEY sTARrED IN LIFE.


HOW THEY sTARTED IN LIFE.
Speaker Carlisle was country school
teacher
Judge Kelley, father of the House, was a
jeweler.
Senator Pasco was n school teacher at $40
month.
Tom Reed of Maine was paymaster in
the navy.
Doughorty of Florida was sailor before
the mast.
Anderson Of Kansas was a Presbyterian
clergyman.
Judge Chapman of Michigan was mine
prospector.
Leland Stanford was country lawyer in
Wisconsin.
Senator Kenna was once a coal miner at
$l.2O day.
Senator Dawes was q school teacher and
country editor.
Ben. Butterworth used to be plantation
boss in Virginin.
Senator Morrill, of Vermont kept country
grocery store.
Delegate Caine of Utah was many years O
theatre manager.
Taulbec, the tall Kentncky Member, was
divinity student.
Robertson, the new Louisiana Member Is
college professor.
James b. White of Indiana was a calico
printer and tailor.
Congressman Cultivate was principal Of
city school five years.
Civil.Service Commissioner Oberly was u
Chicago Times reporter.
Judge Tarsney, n Michigan Congressman,
was steamboat engineer.
Justice Blatchford was Governor W. II.
Stewards private secretary.
Senator Plumb was typesetter. Hit of
Illinois was n stenographcr
Senator Sawyer "bought his time" when
is years old and ran saw mill.
Senator Stewart of Nevada mined with o
pick and shovel in California.
Senator Cullom was famous rs q corn
husker in early days in Illinois.
w. H. +. Lee, son of Robert Il. Lee, and
now Congressman, Is q farmer.
Darlington, a Pennsylvania Member, was
a reporter on Philadelphia daiies.
Clifton r. Breckenridge of the Ways and
Means Committee, was book-keeper.
Boutele of Maine was n sea captain.
Plumb OF Illinois was n grocery clerk.
Senator Allison was an abstract clerk.
Guenther Of Wisconsin was druggist.
Romeis of Ohio was baggagc-master.
Secretary Bayard was a clerk in New
York, Pidcock Of New Jersey was civil
engineer.
John McShane, the millionaire Omaha
Congressman, was cowboy, without cent
in 1871.
FELTON,, the California multi-millionaire
was chore boy on farm in Erie County,
Bancroft, the historian, once thought ol
entering the ministry, and preached several
sermons.
Solicitor.General jerks used to be sur
veyor. Pennington OF Delaware was school
teacher.
Samuel ]. Randall, whom nobody sup
posed had war record, was private in q
company of cavalry.
Senator Jones of Nevada was gold pros
pector in California in 40, and sheriff oi
Tuolumne County later.
Silas Hare, Texas Member was Jay
hawker chief Justice of New Mexico under
the Confederate Government.
Congressman Farquhar was typesotter
and the first president of the first typograph-
ical union in the Unhed States.
Justice Bradley taught district schoo
every winter from his 10th to his 2lst yeai
land was for some time surveyor
Senator Blodgctt of New Jersey was q
locomotive engineer. His predecessor Gen
eral Sewell, was once u sailor before the
| mast.
Senator Dolph was an orderly sergeant in
| q company raised to protect settlers crossing
the plains in 1852 from attacks Of Indians
| President Cleveland once compiled thu
American Herd Book and received $50 fo
the service. For u time he managed hotel
| Senator Riddlebergcr has been editor O
three papers, tho Shenandoah Democrat
the Teuton Legion, and the Virginia Demo
| crdt.
Frank Lawler, another Chicago Member
was brickmaker news agent, learned til,
ship carpenters trade and is now saloon
keeper.
| Senator Sabin, with his trousers tucked ir
| his boots, used TO stand on the streets o
| Springfield Mass, all day to sell cordwood
that he had chopped and hauled twelve
miles.
Justice Field was intended for the mis-
sionary service. His sister Emilia took hin
TO Smyrna when 13 years old to have him
| learn the Oriental languages, and he spent
eleven years there in study.
| George West, now millionaire Congress
man from New York, was Il journeymar
paper maker in the times when paper wa:
made by the old.iashioned hand process. HI
recently bought the mill in England whcr,
he learned his trade New York Evening
| Sun.
ABoUSpING N ATTRACTIONS as Washington
is on the eve Of the holidays, no NOR,
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